Detroit Pistons' Joe Dumars: 'My responsibility is to get it right'

2:25 PM,
Jun. 13, 2013

Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars speaks at a news conference where Maurice Cheeks was introduced as the team's new head coach at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

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Joe Dumars tried to keep the focus on the Detroit Pistons' latest coaching hire during his session with the media after Maurice Cheeks' formal introductory news conference this morning.

But that wasn't happening.

Instead, Dumars took queries about the Pistons' recent past and future. For the first time, he answered questions about his Pistons mortality and whether his time running the organization he helped earn three championship banners is growing short. ...